Perfectionism - Superpower or Supervillain
With thanks to Alex Hope, we have a very interesting new course by Jennifer Kamp on the radar
Is perfectionism a supervillian that is holding your clients back (and maybe even you)?
When perfectionism is a supervillain, it can lead to:
- Crippling fear of failure
- Constant self-criticism
- Difficulty achieving goals
This workshop will equip you as a therapist with the knowledge and practical tools to help your clients break free from the cycle of perfectionism and use self-compassion to build a meaningful, yet imperfect, life - while at the same time helping you unwind your own unhelpful perfectionistic habits.
In this workshop with Contextual Consulting you will:
- Learn evidence-based strategies to address unhelpful perfectionism, including how to:
- Identify the five processes of unhelpful perfectionism.
- Understand the root causes of these patterns.
- Use metaphors and practical exercises to help clients build greater psychological flexibility and self-compassion.
- Receive a toolkit packed with resources for you and your clients, including:
- Templates & scripts to guide conversations and interventions.
- Handouts & e-books for client education and self-practice.
- An edited excerpt from "The ACT Workbook for Perfectionism" to use as a guide.
- Explore the relationship between perfectionism, OCD, and eating disorders, and the unique link between perfectionism and neurodivergence.
- Focus on self-compassion with a full 2-hour module focused on mastering techniques that help clients manage their inner critic in constructive ways.
- Engage in discussions, case studies, and exercises to solidify your learning.
- Benefit personally from the workshop in lasting ways by having opportunities to apply these new skills to your work as a therapist and more broadly.
Delivered live online as 4 x 2-hour sessions, with sessions recorded
- When: Thursday 9, 16, 23, 30 May 2024
- Australia (AEST): 6:30 - 8:30 PM
- UK/RoI (BST): 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Learning objectives:
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe a concise functional, contextual behavioural formulation of helpful and unhelpful perfectionism
- Identify helpful and unhelpful perfectionistic behaviour patterns
- Explain how unhelpful perfectionistic patterns develop and are maintained
- Outline priorities for treatment that can build psychological flexibility and self-compassion in people struggling with perfectionism
- Describe several treatment strategies that can build psychological flexibility and self-compassion in people struggling with perfectionism, including:
- How to address entrenched and unhelpful behaviour patterns such as procrastination, checking, and avoidance
- How to recognise perfectionistic self-criticism and respond to it in more compassionate and flexible ways
- How to build a more flexible sense of self that extends beyond being ‘perfect’
Register here: https://contextualconsulting.co.uk/workshop/treating-perfectionism